The project is a response to the contemporary challenges of the international labour market and the need to develop a new formula for building students’ competence and to test it in practical conditions. The aim of the project is to develop labour market key competences by the participation of students in international workshops, performing practical tasks in a multicultural group, and participation in study visits to international companies.
The target group are students of business-oriented study programmes; 45 students from 5 countries will participate in the programme of development of competences during their last 3 semesters, just before entering the labour market. Building awareness and competence of students will be conducted in the framework of jointly implemented teaching projects , each of them will be for the students an opportunity to meet with a different business culture of the host country (4 trips abroad connected with participation in lectures, seminars, workshops, study visits to employers in the host country). During the project, students will also co-organize an event in their own country for the other partners, which will allow them to develop organizational competencies in the context of international cooperation.
Students work with international trainers in 3 groups of 15 persons, and with the help of moderators prepare themselves for the workshops and after the workshops they develop summary reports, which will be included in the final report. Between workshops they are also work on the e-learning platform. The project is accompanied by a team of researchers, which also acts as the evaluator. The results of the project are reports included in the programme for the development of competences and a research report. The benefit is developing in 45 students key competencies for the labour market – measurement based on balances of competences and the acquisition of language skills certified by the outside body.
The project creates conditions for multilateral cooperation between partners and opens up possibilities for its intensification in the area of research (joint publications, conferences, research programmes) and academic teaching (e.g. offering workshops in the form of e-courses as variable courses conducted with partners).